Principal Application Consultant- Chemical Process Modeling

Mettler Toledo • Columbia, MD

32d

About The Position

Scale-up Suite process development and scale-up software is the market-leading modeling product of chemical process development reaction, workup, and isolation stages in the pharmaceutical industry. The top 25 pharmaceutical companies as well as many agrochemical, fine chemical, and CDMO companies routinely use Scale-up Suite tools to accelerate process development and achieve right-first-time scale-up. Our Principal Application Consultant is responsible for serving as a technical expert and key point of contact between the company and customers. You will work within the applications team, a global group that consults with customers on their modeling applications, while working with other internal group functions including customer support, software development, marketing, and sales to support our growing business globally. This role will particularly focus on software, models, and tools to aid reaction analysis and prediction. Travel is involved to customer sites as well as to top specialist conferences. Expected travel is maximum 30%, both domestic and international.

Requirements

• PhD in chemistry or chemical engineering preferred.
• 3-5 years of industrial and/or academic experience.
• Knowledge of either chemical engineering principles or physical organic chemistry with a strength in reaction kinetics and/or reaction engineering.
• Solid modeling experience and aptitude, with the ability to define objectives and conceive alternative approaches.
• Experience in using modeling in collaboration with synthetic, analytical, or physical organic chemists.
• Self-starter with good time management and project management skills.
• Desirable track record of success using Scale-up Suite for process development in a biopharmaceutical company.
• Awareness, interest in, and hands-on experience with software and programming environments using in biochemical engineering and chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Planning, developing, and delivering Scale-up Suite customer training materials and events (online and in-person) in line with company and customer objectives for adoption.
• Providing software support and technical application consultation for customers, in collaboration with colleagues in the applications and sales teams.
• Contributing to tactical software and modeling development planning and execution, in collaboration with the applications and software development teams.
• Developing into a thought leader for the industry and sharing your perspective with our community through webinars, onsite meetings, InfoDays, and conference presentations.
• Developing close working relationships with Business Development Managers, Marketing Organization account managers, TACs in other areas, sales managers, and the Market Manager.
• Participating in pre-sales technical support, training, webinars, and regular contact with prospects and customers.
• Visiting prospects and customers to present and demonstrate Scale-up Suite and provide technical input to proposals.
• Helping to position Scale-up Systems products to maximize communication of value to our existing and potential customers and achieve buy-in from key decision makers and groups.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching - all starting on date of hire
• Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
• Parental and caregiver leave programs
• All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, Employee Assistance Program, and domestic partner benefits
• Global market strength and worldwide leadership in precision instrumentation
• A brand name that is identified worldwide with precision, quality, and innovation
• Thousands of patents, design and innovation awards across Mettler Toledo
• Global recognition for the quality of our products and services

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees